The Timekeeper () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Louis Bélanger and released in 2009.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Timekeeper, The – Film de Louis Bélanger". Films du Québec, July 20, 2009. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Trevor Ferguson, the film stars Craig Olejnik as Martin Bishop, a young man who takes a job on a railway construction crew in the Northwest Territories, but struggles under the harsh cruelty of crew foreman Fisk (Stephen McHattie).Brendan Kelly, "Time waits for Louis Bélanger's The Timekeeper". Montreal Gazette, August 20, 2009. The cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Gary Farmer, Julian Richings and Wayne Robson.D. E. Seguin, "Louis Belanger starts shooting The Timekeeper". Screen Daily, August 8, 2007.
Bélanger's first English-language feature film, it was shot in 2007 in the Port-Cartier and Sept-Îles regions of Quebec."Louis Bélanger tourne The Timekeeper". La Presse, August 2, 2007. Due to financial problems at distributor Christal Films, the film was not commercially released until it was picked up by Les Films Séville in 2009.
The film received five Jutra Award nominations at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010, for Best Supporting Actor (McHattie), Best Art Direction (André-Line Beauparlant), Best Costume Design (Sophie Lefebvre), Best Makeup (Fanny Vachon) and Best Sound (Marcel Chouinard, Richard Lavoie, Dean Giammarco and Bill Sheppard)."Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010.
Cast Craig Olejnik as Martin Bishop Stephen McHattie as Fisk Gary Farmer as Cook Roy Dupuis as Scully Julian Richings as "Grease" Wayne Robson as Lomacki Gaston Lepage as Herman "Herm" Vittorio Rossi as Jeeter Luc Morissette as Bullcook Neil Kroetsch as Stratton Marco Bacon as Jabber Shadow & Vito as King The Dog
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